Component Type: Directory (N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 User's Guide)

N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 User's Guide

Component Type: Directory

Directories represent an untyped collection of files and folders taken from a target machine. Although Directories have a system component the functionality for installation, snapshot, and un-installation are built-in to the system and are not represented in the component XML.

Browsing

Table 5–9 Directory Browsing Behavior


	Unix	Windows
Root Path	“/”	List of physical drives on the host or network shares mapped to a drive letter. Removable media (floppy, cd, zip, etc.) are not displayed.
Delimiter	“/”	“\”
Ordering	Alphabetical with directories first
Selection Type	User can single select a directory for check in. Double click on a directory to view its contents
Sample Path	/foo/foo	C:\foo\foo
Filters	None
Special	Links will display their local name and the location pointed to. i.e. “foo/->/usr/bar/”

Extended Control Procedures

Table 5–10 Directory Extended Control Procedures


Name	Parameters	Description
Delete	path: Full path to a directory on disk	Removes the directory from the filesystem and all if its children recursively. Provides a platform independent way to remove directories.